S&S D with high strings/low action stack

[Erwinspiano at aol.com]

Hi J D
  Perhaps I did misunderstood but if the hammer is  to strike the string at a 
 right angle it preculdes that the hammer  shank will have to slightly 
overcenter & that the bore length will be  slightly less than the String height 
minus the center pin height to achieve  this.  I'm assuming you may be hanging the 
hammers at a right angle to the  shank. In order to hit an angled string 
plane with the hammer & have the  string and hammer at  right angles to  each 
other ,somethings  got to give. See what I mean?
  Perhaps sharing your boring protocol will clear up what  your saying. Was 
mine unclear?
  SIncerely
  Dale Erwin
 
    JD wrote
Broadly speaking I agree with Dale Erwin, as far as he goes, except  
that I aim to have each hammer strike the string at exactly a right  
angle.  I don't follow the reasoning as regards over-centring.  It  
might be argued that the shank bends under a heavy blow and therefore  
tends to cause the hammer head to under-centre slightly, but given 
the  rigidity and thickness of modern shanks, particularly the 
hornbeam ones, I  doubt if this is significant and would need to see a 
slow motion movie to be  convinced.  Nevertheless I think it would be 
a valid research exercise  for someone with the equipment, if it 
hasn't already been  done.


 
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